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Sail Seminar for Solo T-Pac

The Singlehanded TransPac — a 2,120-mile run from the Bay to Kauai — is really gaining a head of steam, with the entry list expanding and seminars out the wazoo. This month’s seminar, ‘Sail Selection and Repair’ presented by Santa Cruz Sails’ Synthia Petroka, will be Monday night. Petroka is a veteran of the ’06 Solo TransPac, so she has firsthand knowledge of what this summer’s crop of Hawaii racers need. Socializing at Oakland YC will start at 7 p.m. with the seminar starting promptly at 7:30. Anyone interested in the topic — not just racers — is welcome.

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